Major Requirements

  • Total of 33 semester hours in Geography

  • 21 semester hours in upper division Geography

  • Geography Courses required of all majors:
    • 1503 - Introduction to Physical Geography
    • 2610 - Map Use and Interpretation
    • 2640 - Human Geography

  • Regional Geography requirement:
    one of the following:
    • 3713 - Geography of South America
    • 3715 - Geography of Middle America
    • 3717 - Geography of Europe
    • 3719 - Geography of the United States
    • 3721 - Geography of Ohio
    • 3750 - Topics in Regional Geography

  • Geography skills requirement
    two of the following:
    • 4813 - Field Methods
    • 5805 - Remote Sensing I
    • 5806 - Remote Sensing II
    • 5810 - Geographic Information Systems I (GIS I)
    • 5811 - Geographic Information Systems II (GIS II)
    • 5812 - Global Positioning Systems & GIScience

  • Senior Research: 4890 Capstone

  • Electives: 12 semester hours selected from remainder of geography course inventory. At least 9 of these hours must be upper division electives.